The Robins

Have you noticed the robins are gone and they have been gone for quite awhile. The old timers say that is a sign we are going to have a hard, cold winter. I don't like the sounds of that, do you? The goldfinch are back and filling up on thistle seed and the hummingbird is really drinking his weight in syrup too. He is so funny. He runs off any other hummingbird that thinks he is going to get a drink at his feeder. They are so much fun to watch. We have the feeders close outside the window.